Ning Cheng’s consciousness fell into a muddle as his Yuan Shen sat frozen in the Sea of Consciousness. Chasing Ox could not get Ning Cheng’s permission, so he could only fear in the True Spirit World.
Chasing Ox had followed Ning Cheng for a long time and naturally knew that Ning Cheng’s True Spirit World was in the Small Five Elements Formation. Once Ning Cheng did not reinforce the Little Five Elements Formation for a long time, the True Spirit World might be turned into nothingness by the Xuanhuang Pearl.
In the midst of its fear, Chasing Bull received Ning Cheng’s permission, and without even half a second thought, it directly rushed out of the True Spirit World. Even if Chasing Ox’s cultivation level was poor, he knew that the rules of the world he was in were countless times more powerful than the True Spirit World.
By the way, this was the Xuanhuang Pearl World. The fact that it had appeared in the Xuanhuang Pearl World without anything happening to it meant that the old master’s Xuanhuang Pearl was completely perfected.
“Stupid cow, why don’t you go devour that trash divine soul.” Seeing that Chasing Ox was still stunned and dumb, Ning Cheng bellowed angrily.
Even if this trace of the Yuan Shen left in the Xuanhuang Pearl was weak, Ning Cheng was still uncomfortable.
It was as if he had an outsider hidden in his home, it was strange that he could be comfortable. This sliver of soul had grasped the timing to the nth degree, invading his consciousness at the time when he was at his weakest to compel him to prove his dao. If it were not at this time, even if this remnant soul were ten thousand times stronger, he could have destroyed it at will.
Not only did this sliver of soul grasp the timing to the nth degree, but even its concealment was beyond the reach of ordinary people. If this trace of soul had finished him off in the Xuanhuang Pearl when his cultivation level was very low, there would have been nothing he could do.
If he let this sliver of soul live, Ning Cheng would have difficulty sleeping all night long. He vaguely felt that this soul was very strong and powerful. So powerful that he could not even look at it.
If Ning Cheng had known that this large half of the Wood Origin Pearl could make the Xuanhuang Pearl recognise its master. He would have thrown this half of the Wood Origin Pearl into the Xuanhuang Pearl long ago.
Chasing Ox received Ning Cheng’s order. He hurriedly said, “Yes, Master, I will go and eat it for tonic immediately.”
Even if Ning Cheng was so weak that he could not even wake up his body, his Yuan Shen could still control the Xuanhuang Pearl. This remnant soul, on the other hand, was countless times weaker than Ning Cheng’s Yuan Shen and had no power to resist in Ning Cheng’s territory.
“Wait …… I have a shockingly great chance to tell you, it doesn’t matter if you kill me. But before you kill me, I have to tell you about this chance. Otherwise, I won’t feel at ease even if I die. This chance will not only allow you to achieve the mastery of the universe, but also your favored beast will dominate all the holy beasts in the world ……,” this sliver of the remnant soul screamed out shrilly as Chasing Bull rushed up to devour it.
Without even opening its mouth, Chasing Bull stopped and looked at Ning Cheng with a questioning expression. This Yuan Shen’s words made it feel that it was too uneconomical to eat it now.
Ning Cheng swept an expressionless glance at Chasing Bull and said in a faint voice, “You can retreat.”
The Chasing Bull retreated with delight. Even it admired its wise choice, the master really did want the same thing as it did. He wanted this amazing opportunity too.
After Chasing Ox retreated, Ning Cheng’s Yuan Shen suddenly appeared in front of this remnant soul.
This remnant soul had a look in its eyes that wanted to recount many things, and it opened its mouth slightly, waiting for Ning Cheng to ask.
Ning Cheng did not inquire about anything, nor did he even say anything, but instead opened his mouth and spat out a flame.
As soon as the Star River Flame appeared, it instantly wrapped up this remnant soul. A mournful shrill cry came out, and this wisp of a remnant soul turned into flying ashes under Ning Cheng’s Star River Flame, dissipating without a trace.
The moment this wisp of residual soul disappeared, Ning Cheng’s entire spirit cleared up and his consciousness became even more perceptive, everything was finally under his control and there were no more half blind spots.
Ning Cheng let out a soft breath as he sensed the origin of this remnant soul. When he was in the Xuanhuang Star Continent, he had gone to the Sacred Light Ridge and there was also a voice in the Sacred Light Ridge’s Sacred Temple of Xuanhuang for him to worship. After that a big golden hand appeared, which almost finished him off.
He later blasted the big golden hand away with the help of the wishful jade seal. When the owner of that big golden hand was leaving, he warned him in a threatening voice, “I will come back to take the Xuanhuang Pearl, a mole like you is not worthy of having such treasures ……”
Now this wisp of remnant soul in his Xuanhuang Pearl definitely had a trace of connection with the owner of that big golden hand. This was not only a ruthless person, but also a guy with a cautious mind. If he hadn’t been injured this time, and he had to wait for the other half of the Wood Origin Pearl to arrive before perfecting the Xuanhuang Pearl, perhaps he would have been finished.
It was likely that this wisp of residual soul had awakened after that encounter at the Xuanhuang Sacred Temple, and it was only a short time ago that it was able to interfere with his Daoist testimony. If he gave this remnant soul some more time, how far would it grow? The Xuanhuang Pearl was his, and after he was seriously injured, his Yuan Shen would all be healing under the communication of the Xuanhuang Pearl. With such a time bomb around, when it would explode, he had no idea.
To be able to hide a wisp of remnant soul in the Xuanhuang Pearl, so that he, the master, could not discover it, showed how terrifying the person’s mind and methods were. Fortunately, the difference in strength was too great, allowing him to have the last laugh. As for letting this wisp of a remnant soul speak of that astoundingly great opportunity, Ning Cheng had not even thought about it. If there really was such a shockingly great chance, he did not believe that this wisp of a residual soul would tell him in detail.
He had played this kind of delaying tactic too many times, so how could he fall for it? Whether there was one or not, he would not give this wisp of a remnant soul the chance to speak.
After killing this wisp of a residual soul, Ning Cheng let out a long breath, he was finally free of that vague worry.
“Old Master ……” Chasing Bull shouted a little fearfully when it saw that Ning Cheng had sacrificed the Star River to destroy this wisp of a residual soul without even asking. It had just made the decision to stop and seek the opinion of the old master, and the old master must have been angry. Otherwise, how could the master not give it this kind of superior soul to eat?
Ning Cheng swept a glance at Chasing Bull and said in a light tone, “I will erase all your consciousness of knowing everything about me here later, so you can go beg for your life yourself. I can’t afford to raise a beast pet like you, so let’s all get together for good.”
As soon as Chasing Ox heard Ning Cheng’s words, he knew that he was finished. His Lordship was careful and was really angry. Without even thinking about it, it knelt down and cried with a snotty nose and a tear, “Please forgive me this time, next time Master will even ask me to eat sh*t, I won’t hesitate for half a second. I will definitely not be confused by the words of sh*t, and will definitely take your Lordship’s words as heaven’s truth.”
Ning Cheng snorted coldly, “If I didn’t still have some abilities, I might have been sold out by you and the residual soul teaming up. Did I not hear what this residual soul said? If I really didn’t want you to eat the remnant soul, I wouldn’t have spoken out and called out to stop you? Stupid.”
Chasing Bull kept nodding his bull head, not daring to resist for half a second.
“Get yourself a rope and tie all your hooves and ground you for three months. Next time you do it again, I won’t let you go, but just kill you.” Ning Cheng chided loudly.
When Chasing Bull heard that Ning Cheng did not continue to chase it away, it even promised incessantly and kept promising.
“I’m going to start recovering my body meridians, fusing my sea of consciousness, and restoring my Yuan Shen, so you take care of yourself.” Ning Cheng grunted.
In fact, there was a more important reason why he did not allow Chasing Ox to devour that wisp of residual soul, apart from the reason why Chasing Ox stopped devouring that residual soul after being compelled to do so. That was that this wisp of residual soul was too scary for Ning Cheng, and he was afraid that after Chasing Ox swallowed this wisp of residual soul, instead of finishing off the other party, he would let the other party seize the body.
It was because of this scare that Ning Cheng had sacrificed the Star River to finish off this wisp of a residual soul.
“Hehe, Master, there is a dead tree here. No, this tree is not dead yet ……” Before Ning Cheng’s Yuan Shen was about to return to the Violet Mansion again, Chasing Ox’s astonished voice came out.
As soon as Chasing Ox said that, Ning Cheng saw this huge ancient tree. This ancient tree had fallen diagonally on the ground, half of its body was already withered, and more parts were buried in the ground. If one did not care, this one ancient tree did not stand out, once he did, Ning Cheng felt a powerful aura of Dao rhythm from this ancient tree that was about to wither.
Ning Cheng had obtained a Dao Fruits Tree, and compared to that one, how much more powerful was the Dao Rhythm Aura contained within this ancient tree than ten thousand times?
This must be a tree that was already present in the Xuanhuang Pearl, Ning Cheng instantly understood. He said to Chasing Ox, who was standing at one side, “You are responsible for planting this tree up again, and as for the binding and confinement, store it for now. If it behaves well, remove it, if not, double it.”
“Yes, Master.” Hearing Ning Cheng’s words, Chasing Ox’s entire bones burst into laughter. Originally, the suffering of being tied to itself and lying down for three months made it shudder to think about it. Now just because it had stumbled upon a tree, Master had removed this punishment for the time being. It must behave in a way that leaves the lord speechless and subtracts from its three months of torment.
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The moment Ning Cheng burned off a wisp of his remnant soul, deep in a mountain range countless interfaces away from the Tai Su Realm, an angry screeching voice rang out, “A little gnat dares to burn off the remnant soul of my doppelganger, I will never let you go, ah ……”
However, Ning Cheng did not know any of this, it was completely irrelevant to him. At this moment, he once again sat gazing in his sea of consciousness, restoring his meridian roots and fusing his Yuan Shen. He had a clear consciousness, and although his divine sense still could not be released outwardly, it was much stronger than the passive recovery he had done before.
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Deep within the Black and White Mountain Range, a pillar of fire burst out of the ground, reaching ten thousand feet, and around this pillar of fire surrounded countless strong people. There are still strong people coming over, and the number of strong people around this area is increasing. Because the flames were so powerful, the ones who came over, whether they were ordinary cultivators or Saint Emperors, could only gather around and watch.
“This is a top-level Heavenly Flame, it’s definitely left over from that Dan Saint back then.” Someone in the crowd pointed at the flames and said.
“You need to say that? There is still a faint Dan fragrance in this flame, so everyone knows that this is definitely the Dan flame left behind by that Dan Saint.” Immediately, someone responded with disdain.
“Fragrance? Heavenly fragrance …… that woman ……,” a man in brocade murmured subconsciously after hearing the Dan fragrance. Immediately after that, he understood what was going on, his face gathered and instantly rushed out of the crowd, frantically hurrying towards Furnace Sand.